It's a great question. An essential question. For me, Yuval Noah Harrari's book "Sapiens" can shed some light here:

Early religions were animistic. When humans were still hunter gatherers living in small bands, there was a recognition of reciprocity with the earth, a sense that everything was interconnected, a sacredness to all living things.

As we settled into an agrarian lifestyle, that changed: we invented gods to protect our crops and livestock from disease and disaster. Animals and plants alike were relegated to objects in service to us; a means to an end.

We're still living that way, at great scale and even greater disconnect -- we're eating animals and produce that have come from thousands of miles away, delivered to us via a toxic system of plastic and fossil fuels.

Climate change is both a technical problem and a moral / spiritual one. For those people who see an afterlife waiitng where admittance requires fealty to an anthropomorphic diety, no real concern for the planet is necessary. For those who see human suffering, including that of future generations, as the priority to safeguard against, then climate change is the issue of our times.

In short, while we might require a swap to renewables on the technical side, we need a swap from Iron Age gods to Gaia on the moral / spiritual side.

Thanks for your article.

Cheers

TJ